Published in The New Mexican Sunday, February 16, 1997
By Sharyn Obsatz
Russian communists murdered Rabbi Berel Levertov's grandfather - his namesake - in 1947 because the elderly rabbi would not renounce his Jewish faith, refrain from Jewish studies or stop performing ceremonial circumcisions.
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Congregation B'nai Israel |
3800 Louisiana Boulevard NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
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When Congregation Albert celebrated its first 75 years, a of 600 copy, limited edition Diamond Jubilee History was printed. Number 473 of this run was donated to the Bloom Archives for the Synagogues of the Southwest exhibit.
Chabad of New Mexico
4000 San Pedro Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Telephone: (505) 880-1181 Fax: (505) 880-9722
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The following information on the Chabad of New Mexico comes from the "Invitation for Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Aviaz Chaves." Aaron Aviaz Chaves became Bar Mitzvah 16 Kislev 5756 (9 December 1995). In the invitation, Aaron explained some of the practices observed by the Chabad of New Mexico.
Irwin and Barbara Wernick, [19K] Ida and Alex's children, grew up in Brooklyn, NY. They attended the neighborhood public schools. Most summers were spent avoiding the heat of New York City's streets in bungalow colonies, or "cooch alains," in New York State's "borsht belt" - often referred to as the Catskill Mountains. Sometimes, by working double shifts, Alex could arrange to have a few days off. He then journeyed by railroad to join his family in the "country."
Ida and Alex's first child, a son, Irwin, was born on August 12, 1927 at Bedford Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. The family lived at 102 Tapscott St. but moved several times during the next few years. Six years later, when their daughter, Barbara, was born at Liberty Maternity Hospital on July 1, 1933, they lived at 1700 Sterling Pl. Beginning in 1935 they rented a larger apartment with two bedrooms at 1656 Sterling Place where they remained until 1956.
